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NB. Guess what personal achievement am I celebrating... :D Throughout his career, Alkan was fond of publishing pairs of curiously contrasting pieces, for instance, Jean qui pleure et Jean qui rit, fughe (2) da camera or the psychologically acute Petites pièces (2) (Ma chère liberté and ma chère servitude). The Capriccio alla soldatesca and Le tambour bat aux champs, which share the number Op. 50, comprise a satirical conspectus of combat seen from the perspective of a cavalry officer and of a common foot s
